Learning By Doing
Published on Nov 19, 2015
Review of Learning by doing
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
A message from Mr. DuFour
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PLC
- Focus and commitment to LEARNING of each student not on teaching
- Responsibility of all who work within the organization
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PLC
- Focus and commitment to LEARNING of each student not on teaching
- Responsibility of all who work within the organization
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Composition of PLC
- Collaborative Teams
- Work interdependently to achieve common goals
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Define Collaboration
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Collaboration
- Teachers work interdependentely
- Impact classroom practice leading to results: team, school, and students
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Why Colloborate Mr. DuFour?
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Systematic Process
- Gather evidence of current understanding
- Develop strategies: build strenghts address weakness
- Implement strategies
- Analyze impact
- Apply new knowledge in next cycle
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Results Orientated
- Measurable SMART goals
- Aligned to Division and School-wide goals
- Frequent common formative assessment
- Examined to provide additional support/assistance
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4 PLC Questions
- What knowledge or skills are essential?
- How will we know when it has been aquired by each student?
- How will we respond when some students do not learn?
- How will we respond when some students have achieved the outcomes?
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A message from Mrs. Dufour
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4 Keys to culture integration
- State purpose
- Make everyone's responsibility
- Link between recognition and encouraged behavior
- Many winners
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How will TCS celebrate?
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How does a PLC decide what students should learn?
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4-Part test for standards
- Does it have endurance?
- Does it have leverage?
- Does it develop readiness for the next level of learning?
- What can be eliminated because it is not essential?
pg 47-
1. Endurance--expect student to retain knowledge and skills over time opp. to memorization
2. Leverage--help in other areas of the curriculum and other academic disciplines?
3. Essential for success in next unit, course, grade level?
1. Endurance--expect student to retain knowledge and skills over time opp. to memorization
2. Leverage--help in other areas of the curriculum and other academic disciplines?
3. Essential for success in next unit, course, grade level?
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Collaborative study:
- Promotes clarity
- Promotes consistent priorities
- Common pacing
- Viable curriculum
- Creates ownership by teacher
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Why assess formatively, Mr. Wormeli?
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Assess effectively
Common assessments
pg 55
inform practice of teachers and teams capacity to improve its program
inform practice of teachers and teams capacity to improve its program
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